I hate proprietary boxes. My friend got an XPS desktop (or whatever the **** they call their high end gaming desktops) and wanted to upgrade to the i7 series from Core2. Well he was going to have to replace the motherboard...but the only mobo that fits in one of those boxes is one specifically made for that box. So he had to get a new box and pretty much lost the water cooling system he'd had on there.

Some would call this karma for being a lazy git with too much money though... Just saying.

Some would call this karma for being a lazy git with too much money though... Just saying.

Yeah, I warned him. He'd built his previous machine, so I don't know why he chose that route. Guess he just didn't feel like putting it together and wanted to give his old machine to a family member.

When he had to upgrade to the i# series, he listened. But then he had to buy a whole new box.

My machine is still a Core2, but it's in that area where it still checks out as good as a lot of the i# series. I'll have to graduate soon enough and am not looking forward to it all that much. Might try to get that done before ME3/D3 come out...

Finally got all my parts. I am assembling it after work today. I can't wait! I am pretty excited and nervous. This is my first full computer build. I've done a lot of tinkering before but never the whole thing.

So keeping in mind that I haven't really been into hardcore fps gaming since 2004-05ish, I'm so rattled that CAL doesn't even exist any more. Just destroying cal-o in CS and DoD back in high school was so legit. It also makes me hate the **** out of the fact that dedicated servers are probably going to die out soon because neither CS or DoD would have been as awesome if they didn't have dedicated servers.

I also think its hilarious how much I hated STEAM at first when CS and DoD (migrated?) to it. The changes they made to the maps in DoD when it switched over made me angrier than I think I've ever been in my life to be entirely honest...

So keeping in mind that I haven't really been into hardcore fps gaming since 2004-05ish, I'm so rattled that CAL doesn't even exist any more. Just destroying cal-o in CS and DoD back in high school was so legit. It also makes me hate the **** out of the fact that dedicated servers are probably going to die out soon because neither CS or DoD would have been as awesome if they didn't have dedicated servers.

I also think its hilarious how much I hated STEAM at first when CS and DoD (migrated?) to it. The changes they made to the maps in DoD when it switched over made me angrier than I think I've ever been in my life to be entirely honest...

Life was rough when Steam first came out, that's for sure. But man it's awesome now. Also, it is weird that there is no more CAL. Obviously, other leagues formed, but it's still weird.

CS is only sort of dying as a competitive game because little **** ass games like CoD have become so popular.

CS is only sort of dying as a competitive game because little **** ass games like CoD have become so popular.

As far as I am concerned for the games I play/have played CS is by far and away the most widely hacked game out there by a large margin which isn't shocking because a simple google search will lead you to countless forums that update constantly undetectable hacks